University of Sri Jayewardenepura expresses its deepest sympathies on the demise of Emeritus Professor Wimal G. Balagalle, former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was a well-known linguist versatile in Sinhala, Pali, Prakit, Sanskrit, Bengali languages and English as well. Born on November 1924, in the village of Balagalle in the...Read More
The Department of English Language Teaching of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has launched a service to provide help for English Language Learners to have a practice partner for writing/texting in English. The Basha Buddy system is run by the Alumni of the English Language Society (ELS) of the Department of English Language Teaching of the...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a need to rapidly scale-up testing services and provide diagnoses to implement test-trace-isolate strategies which are essential to effectively treat, and care for patients and to control the spread of the virus. Hundreds of diagnostic products are now available on the market, targeting detection of viral RNA, viral antigens and...Read More
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is part of an international consortium under an Erasmus + project with the aim of contributing to waste management education in Sri Lanka. The Techno-Economic-Societal Sustainable Development Training in Sri Lanka (TESS) is co-financed by the European Union under the Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education program. The project is coordinated...Read More
Call for papers Theme: Developments in Forestry and Environmental Science in 2021 We are pleased to announce that the 26th International Forestry and Environmental Science Symposium organized by the Department of Forestry & Environmental Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) under the above theme will be held on 20th & 21st...Read More
Prof. Terence Purasinghe former head of the department of Political Science of faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has passed away at the age of 60. Prof. Terence Purasinghe passed away while being treated at a private hospital for an emergency. Prof. Terence Purasinghe holds an undergraduate (BA Hons) and...Read More
